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Carletta Tilousi got a phone call in March 2003 that would not only change her life, but that of every person in her tribe.
She's a member of the Havasupai, a small Indian...
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The last year has been a good one for the mash-up, that DIY form of culture-mulching in which anyone with an Internet connection can download two songs plus the software to...
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Last week, I was perusing this book Bizarrism, a compilation of "Strange Lives, Cults and Celebrated Lunacy" by Aussie author Chris Mikul, when I was overcome by an...
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The first time through, you might dismiss Coffee and Cigarettes as a filmmaker's recess, playtime before the serious business of making a real feature. Jim Jarmusch never...
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She's 14 years old, cute as heck, and she can spell "festschrift." Which ought to come in handy when Ingleside Middle School eighth-grader Maddy Kloss represents all of...
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Ask a grown man to squawk like a chicken or impersonate Michael Jackson, and you risk a knuckle sandwich. Ask Jef Rawls to make like a rooster or mimic a pop star turned...
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All you P-town gangstas know of Mr. Kreme's passion for fashion, my penchant for poppin' collars with the flyest ladies in the 602 or the 480.
So when I heard tell of this...
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Blink while you're walking down Mill Avenue and you'll probably miss the new Swell Records. Just doors down from Fatburger, with only printed paper to mark its place, the...
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Sitting through Raising Helen is an exercise in frustration, because somewhere inside this big heap of Hollywood nothing is a something (someone, actually) worth saving and...
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Thu 27
We'll admit it, we newshounds are often boozehounds. Something about the crunch of the ever-present deadline drives one to drink (admitting the problem is the first...
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Arizona State University's Student Health and Wellness Center is in turmoil, as officials await the results of a six-month independent investigation into allegations that the...
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Like pop homunculi, the Kinks obsessives who have crowded up indie scenes for nigh half a decade are missing something essential in the souls. Their chirpy lilts and...
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When a pleasant Italian comedy called Mediterraneo won the 1992 Academy Award for best foreign language film, a lot of observant American moviegoers scratched their heads....
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Zac Barnholdt isn't shy about his favorite pastime.
"It's really fun shooting people," he says. "It's very exciting, with the adrenaline rush and all. I mean, there's...
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Smart Mormon Misfits
Looking out for No. 1: The column by John Dougherty on Governor Janet Napolitano ("Running Scared," May 13) lightheartedly yet firmly touched on a few...
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Right now in England, forming a band to play self-consciously epic guitar rock in the key of U2 is about as original as learning three chords on a beat-up Stratocaster in a...
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What becomes of Morgan Spurlock's body after a month of eating and drinking nothing but McDonald's assembly-line foodstuffs is not surprising. He bloats up, gaining nearly 30...
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5/27-5/28
The standard fare, when exhibiting the horrors of war, includes photos of the dead, pierced helmets, and blood-splattered letters from weary soldiers. But what about...
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The early word on RJD2's Since We Last Spoke is that it's something of a disappointment, especially coming on the heels of the robust, near-heroic Dead Ringer. True, it is...
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Ever-evolving, always changing, the universe nonetheless sustains many constants: Hair metal never really goes away. British women inevitably become besotted grumps. And short...
